Chaos in Pakistan

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Pakistani police say nearly a thousand people have been arrested in Punjab province this week, while across the country mass protests have descended into violent clashes. The spark that lit the fire was the arrest of the country’s former prime minister and cricket star Imran Khan. Furious Khan supporters are taking to the streets, bringing to a head the year-long political standoff with the country’s powerful military, since Khan was ousted as leader last April. All this amid a major economic crisis, rising terrorism, and less than a year after devastating floods engulfed the country. How does Pakistan emerge from these interlocking crises? Christiane discusses with the country’s former ambassador in Washington, Husain Haqqani. Also on today's show: Lady Anne Glenconner, Author, “Whatever Next?”; U trade representative Katherine Tai To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the release of the country's former Prime Minister Imran
0:16.0	after he was detained on corruption charges. The former Pakistani Ambassador to
0:21.0	the United States unpacks this crisis surrounding a major American ally.
0:26.0	Also ahead. And I remember hearing her come.
0:29.0	A floor of people is pouring with rain and then round the corner came this golden coach.
0:35.0	The remarkable life of Queen Elizabeth's made of honor.
0:38.2	Lady and Glen Connor tells me about having a front row seat for two coronations and after years of domestic abuse
0:46.4	how she's now living her best life at 90. Then how trade and economic ties are a key to reseting US-China relations, Walter
0:56.4	Isakson speaks to Ambassador Thai, who is breaking ground as the first Asian
1:01.7	American to serve as U.S. Trade Representative. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christiana
1:19.7	I'm Christiana Wancourt in London and we begin with chaos in Pakistan where police say
1:24.3	nearly a thousand people have been arrested this week in the Punjab province.
1:28.4	Across the country, mass protests have descended into violent clashes.
1:33.2	The spark that lit this fire,
1:35.1	the country's former Prime Minister
1:36.8	and Cricket Star Imran,
1:38.9	dramatically bundled into a vehicle
1:40.8	and driven away by security forces earlier, then arrested and indicted on corruption
1:45.6	charges, all of which he denies. And today the Supreme Court ordered Khan's release, saying
1:52.1	the arrest was illegal. The incident brings to a head
1:55.8	the year-long political standoff with the country's powerful military since Khan was
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